diff --git a/.clang-tidy b/.clang-tidy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2776bd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.clang-tidy
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Checks: '-*,readability-identifier-naming'
+CheckOptions:
+  - { key: readability-identifier-naming.PrivateMemberSuffix,  value: "_" }
+  - { key: readability-identifier-naming.AggressiveDependentMemberLookup,  value: true }
+  - { key: readability-identifier-naming.ProtectedMemberSuffix,  value: "_" }
+  - { key: readability-identifier-naming.ClassCase,  value: "lower_case" }
+  - { key: readability-identifier-naming.StructCase,  value: "lower_case" }
+  - { key: readability-identifier-naming.FunctionCase,  value: "lower_case" }
+  - { key: readability-identifier-naming.MethodCase,  value: "lower_case" }
diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index e70a59e..aa8a463 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ env=Environment(ENV=os.environ, variables=env_vars, CPPPATH=['#source','#','#dri
     CXXFLAGS=['-std=c++20','-g','-Wall','-Wextra'],
     LIBS=['forstio','xcb','X11','X11-xcb'])
 env.__class__.add_source_files = add_kel_source_files
+env.Tool('compilation_db');
+env.cdb = env.CompilationDatabase('compile_commands.json');
 
 env.sources = []
 env.headers = []
@@ -96,6 +98,7 @@ format_iter(env,env.sources + env.headers + env.gl_sources + env.gl_headers)
 
 env.Alias('format', env.format_actions)
 
+env.Alias('cdb', env.cdb);
 env.Alias('all', ['format', 'library_shared', 'library_static'])
 
 env.Install('$prefix/lib/', [env.library_shared, env.library_static])